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Woodhoopoes
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Woodhoopoes

Phoeniculus

Phoeniculus is a genus of bird in the family Phoeniculidae. They are restricted to sub-Saharan Africa.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first · about 4 known species

Green Woodhoopoe

speciesPhoeniculus purpureus

Violet Woodhoopoe

speciesPhoeniculus damarensis

White-headed Woodhoopoe

speciesPhoeniculus bollei

Black-billed Woodhoopoe

speciesPhoeniculus somaliensis

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 20933.